McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: Nutrient tracer injection experiments in supraglacial streams on Canada Glacier, Antarctica, January 2019

• Main Authors: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER, Bergstrom, Anna, Gooseff, Michael
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
• Subjects: Canada; Canada Glacier; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/293caa4b1b4c24b7b5b5713500cb5e37; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-mcm.2017.1

This dataset contains a series of grab samples collected from nutrient tracer injection experiments conducted in supraglacial streams on Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. The purpose of these experiments was to measure potential nutrient uptake in supraglacial stream networks. We chose three reaches and co-injected nutrient tracer(s) and a conservative tracer (NaCl). Tracers were injected at the top of each reach, allowed to mix with the stream water, and move downstream. Grab samples in this dataset were collected at the base of the reach over the course of these tracer experiments, which ran from 14-19 January 2019.